Planning Cold War and Mao.

We have the following to do according to the IBO:

For Paper 1 we have:

Prescribed Subject 2—The emergence and development of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), 1946 to 1964

This prescribed subject addresses internal issues in China between 1946 and 1964 and pays

particular attention to the role of Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung) in the emergence and

development of the People’s Republic of China. It requires the study of political

developments, rectification campaigns, economic reconstruction and social reorganization in

China during this period. This prescribed subject could be linked to 20th century world

history topics 1 and 3 as well as areas of the East Asia, South East Asia and Oceania regional

options.

Areas on which source-based questions will focus are:

• the Chinese Civil War
• political unification, consolidation of power, economic reconstruction, social reform
• the first Five Year Plan
• mass campaigns: 3 and 5 Antis, Hundred Flowers Campaign
• the Great Leap Forward: economic, social, political effects
• ideology.

Prescribed Subject 3—The Cold War, 1960 to 1979

This prescribed subject addresses East–West relations in the period 1960 to 1979. It focuses

on the changing character of the Cold War and its impact in different areas of the world. This

prescribed subject could be linked to several 20th century world history topics (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

and regional options.

Areas on which source-based questions will focus are:

• peaceful co-existence: challenges and détente
• nuclear disarmament and arms control: SALT (strategic arms limitation talks);
• START (strategic arms reduction talks)
• developments in Latin America, especially Cuba
• the Vietnam War
• developments in Germany and the eastern bloc
• Sino–Soviet relations.

And then we have for paper 2:

The Cold War Topic 5

Major themes

This topic addresses East–West relations from 1945 to 1995. It includes superpower

rivalry and events in all areas affected by Cold War politics such as spheres of

interest, wars, alliances and interference in developing countries. It aims to promote

an international perspective and understanding of the Cold War, which overshadowed

world affairs during this period. Questions will be set on major themes. Some will

require knowledge of two regions.

• Wartime conferences, Yalta, Potsdam 1945
• Developments in Europe: Germany, especially Berlin, Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
• USSR policies, east European satellites, COMECON (Council for Mutual Economic Assistance), Warsaw Pact
• Containment, China, Cuba, Korea, Vietnam, and the Middle East
• Non-alignment
• Arms race, arms control, détente

Candidates should study a selection from the material listed below, ensuring that two

regions are covered. Questions set on specific, named events will be confined to

those listed below. Alternative examples can be studied and used to answer

open-ended questions.

Examples of material for detailed study

• arms limitation, détente, opposition to communism
• opposition to the regime within communist countries
• End of the Cold War
• Europe
• US policy of containment and spread of the Cold War worldwide
• brinkmanship, peaceful coexistence
• related wars and non-alignment
• social, economic and gender issues
• Cold War developments
• ideological opposition
• superpowers and spheres of interest
• opposing alliances and the arms race
• Nature of the Cold War
• mutual distrust, fear and suspicion: USA and USSR
• wartime allies becoming post-war enemies
• Origins of East–West rivalry

And then we have certain areas for paper 3 that we will pick subjects from :

(The Second World War, 1939 to 1945: causes, course and

Consequences

• international diplomacy in the inter-war years
• appeasement, collapse of the League of Nations
• aggressive policies of Hitler and Mussolini
• total war and its effects
• war in the air, at sea, on land, the home front
• political, social and economic consequences of the war)

USSR 1941 to 1995.

• USSR during the Second World War
• breakdown of wartime alliance and the Cold War
• policies towards Germany, eastern European satellites, Warsaw Pact
• domestic and foreign policies of Stalin, Krushchev, Brezhnev
• Gorbachev and reform, perestroika, glasnost
• disintegration of USSR and communist regime

Post-war western Europe to 1995

• post-war problems, financial measures, debt
• German recovery/Adenauer
• western Europe and the Cold War, Marshall Plan
• moves towards cooperation, EU (EEC/EC)
• policies of de Gaulle in France
• post-Cold War developments in western Europe

Eastern and central Europe (excluding USSR), 1919 to 1995

• the impact of the post-First World War settlements on new and successor states in central and eastern Europe
• central and eastern Europe during the Second World War
• liberation/sovietization of central and eastern Europe
• Tito and Yugoslavia
• economic policies and problems
• the decline and fall of communist regimes (excluding USSR)
• Balkan conflicts

And this is the time we have:

	Monday 1 h 20 min	Wednesday 1h 30 min	Friday 1 h 10 min
W 34	16 aug	18 aug	20 aug We meet and have some fun.
W 35	23 aug No Lesson	25 aug Yalta and the situation before.	27 aug I am in Karlskrona on an IB-meeting. You work on your own.
W 36	30 aug Potsdam.	01 sep Origins of the Cold War -1945; Summing up Yalta, Potsdam, Hiroshima.	03 sep Early stages 1946 – 1949: The long telegram and the X-article Greece and Turkey. Prague coup. Marshall plan and Truman doctrine. Berlin crisis Containment. USSR establishing power over the Eastern European Countries. UN
W 37	06 sep Early stages 1946 – 1949	08 sep Early stages 1946 – 1949	10 sep Early stages 1946 – 1949
W 38	13 sep From Korea to Cuba 1949 – 1962: NATO and Warsaw pact. Development in Europe. The Two Germanies. Korean War. Death of Stalin. Hungary 1956 and the other satellite states. Suez Crisis 1956. Indochina Middle East Africa	15 sep From Korea to Cuba 1949 – 1962.	17 sep From Korea to Cuba 1949 – 1962.
W 39	20 sep From Korea to Cuba 1949 – 1962.	22 sep From Korea to Cuba 1949 – 1962.	24 sep From Korea to Cuba 1949 – 1962.
W 40	27 sep The beginning of the end. 1962 – 1979: peaceful co-existence: challenges and détente nuclear disarmament and arms control: SALT (strategic arms limitation talks); START (strategic arms reduction talks) developments in Latin America, especially Cuba the Vietnam War developments in Germany and the eastern bloc Sino–Soviet relations.	29 sep The beginning of the end. 1962 – 1979.	01 oct The beginning of the end. 1962 – 1979.
W 41	04 oct The beginning of the end. 1962 – 1979.	06 oct The beginning of the end. 1962 – 1979.	08 oct The beginning of the end. 1962 – 1979.
W 42	11 oct The beginning of the end. 1962 – 1979.	13 oct The beginning of the end. 1962 – 1979.	15 oct The beginning of the end. 1962 – 1979.
W 43	18 oct The End of the Cold War. Causes of the fall of Communism. What actually happened.	20 oct The End of the Cold War.	22 oct The End of the Cold War.
W 44	25 oct The End of the Cold War.	27 oct The End of the Cold War.	29 oct The End of the Cold War.
W 45	01 nov BREAK	03 nov BREAK	05 nov BREAK
W 46	08 nov Filling in the gaps and practicing on IB techniques. We will also do the stuff that is only for paper 3.	10 nov Filling in the gaps and practicing on IB techniques. We will also do the stuff that is only for paper 3	12 nov Filling in the gaps and practicing on IB techniques. We will also do the stuff that is only for paper 3
W 47	15 nov Filling in the gaps and practicing on IB techniques. We will also do the stuff that is only for paper 3	17 nov Filling in the gaps and practicing on IB techniques. We will also do the stuff that is only for paper 3	19 nov Filling in the gaps and practicing on IB techniques. We will also do the stuff that is only for paper 3
W 48	22 nov Filling in the gaps and practicing on IB techniques. We will also do the stuff that is only for paper 3	24 nov Filling in the gaps and practicing on IB techniques. We will also do the stuff that is only for paper 3	26 nov Filling in the gaps and practicing on IB techniques. We will also do the stuff that is only for paper 3
W 49	29 nov Filling in the gaps and practicing on IB techniques. We will also do the stuff that is only for paper 3	01 dec Filling in the gaps and practicing on IB techniques. We will also do the stuff that is only for paper 3	03 dec FINAL DAY TO HAND IN EE. Filling in the gaps and practicing on IB techniques. We will also do the stuff that is only for paper 3
W 50	06 dec Intro to China and Mao / Working with IA.	08 dec Intro to China and Mao / Working with IA	10 dec Intro to China and Mao / Working with IA
W 51	13 dec Intro to China and Mao / Working with IA	15 dec Intro to China and Mao / Working with IA	17 dec FINAL DAY TO HAND IN IA.
W 52	20 dec